Ethical Issues Surrounding the Adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by Health Care Organizations and Meaningful Use The objective of this work in writing is to examine why health care organizations are hesitant to adopt electronic health rec Continue Reading...
EMTALA Violations in the Healthcare System The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) was introduced because of concerns that patients who needed emergency medical treatment were being denied access to that treatment due to inabil Continue Reading...
False Claims Act is a piece of legislation from the U.S. Congress that allows any individual with knowledge of a fraud being perfected against any agency of the U.S. Government to file a claim on behalf of the Government against the individual or bus Continue Reading...
In England, it was revealed that the medication on average costs $10 per prescription for working adults while everyone else could obtain the same medication at no cost. Furthermore in England, pre-natal care is free, emergency room visits are free, Continue Reading...
Infant Mortality Health Care Disparities in Infant Mortality Numerous empirical studies have demonstrated a significant discrepancy in survival rates of newborns of different race. It has been shown that black infants are two times more likely to d Continue Reading...
Strategic Planning Present how strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems are interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality health care. Over the last several years, the health care system has been facing conside Continue Reading...
Agency's Role The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is an agency under the prison health care systems. The Institution was established to provide a more humane and modern care for state prisoners, make the prison service more professional, and to ove Continue Reading...
Uninsured | Healthcare The Uninsured in the United States According to Newport and Mendez (2009) about 17.3% of the American population does not have health insurance. The uninsured are seen in families that work. Studies show that 51% of the fami Continue Reading...
Both of these devices "allow handwritten data entry including sketching with 'electronic ink' and handwriting recognition that converts scribble into typewritten text." (Wales and Zabrek, 2003) Full integration with hospital servers of these device Continue Reading...
Getting back to the three main reasons that people in the U.S. are resistant to public health insurance one must also consider the idea that quality and technological advance might be damaged by prioritization of care. The Canadian system does not Continue Reading...
The other issue is the poverty that makes the population not access medical healthcare. The most common diseases are asthma and diabetes. This is because the place is damp and highly populated hence no free circulation of air. However, the community Continue Reading...
Green provides some clear guidelines to assist health education and promotion specialists in the identification and design of health promotion techniques for implementation in health promotion and disease prevention programs. Discuss how five of the Continue Reading...
Advanced directive may be one of the most important and underutilized tools in estate planning and health planning. This is partially due to the stigma that people have about advanced directives, as if, by planning how to deal with health issues, the Continue Reading...
And any reform process will produce some initial pain: the voting "middle class may be dissatisfied but most of them have employer insurance, so they have something to lose...They are not prepared for a national experiment that will threaten what th Continue Reading...
Financing Health Care in the 21st Century Cost Containment: the United States government Unlike virtually every other industrialized country in the world, the United States provides medical care to its citizens through the private workplace, primar Continue Reading...
appease the allegation that medical errors beset the healthcare industry and generate major risk to patients. As with any matter posing a potentially significant impact on a population, the government has a sizable interest. Lately, the government d Continue Reading...
Portability vs. Privacy Electronic Medical Records (EMR) refers to the digital version of papers containing all the medical history of a patient. EMRs are mostly applied in healthcare institutions for treatment and diagnosis. Benefits of Electroni Continue Reading...
financial impact vulnerable population. Consider: o the impact age groups, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic education level o Health illness trends, disease morbidity mortality population o Health care service, acute care, long-term care, nursing ho Continue Reading...
Joint Commission is a self-governing, not-for-profit organization, that certifies almost 20,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is known nationwide as a sign of quality tha Continue Reading...
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio for the purpose of repealing the recent mandate that infringes religious freedom and conscience rights of religious organizations by the recent mandate within President O Continue Reading...
Millions of Americans were -- and still are -- without coverage. Fixating on abortion would have been like throwing a baby out with the bath water. Second, the health care reform bill clearly allows for state insurers as well as private insurance c Continue Reading...
Evolution of Health Care Marketing Understanding the historical development of the hospitals of different states provides opportunities for postulating the future and factors that might influence their performance. Historical analysis takes into con Continue Reading...
Mobile Computing Research shows that Social media is playing a huge part when it comes to the health care industry. One study done by DC and Interactive Group shows that beyond 90% of individuals from the ages 18-24 mentioned they would rely on heal Continue Reading...
Another factor, which increases the number of working uninsured, is the increase of healthcare costs. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, employees costs have risen by 47% and employers have seen a 20% increase. The employee's higher percenta Continue Reading...
Policy Making Process Welfare Reform Policy Analysis Success of welfare reform is ambiguous. Media and well-known public officials claim to have had achieved welfare reforms. However, after 4 years of new policy regime, majority also accepts that Continue Reading...
The Act authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract out with private health insurers to offer at a minimum of two multi-state qualified health plans (to include at least one non-profit) to provide individual or small group cover Continue Reading...
Patient care and recovery statistics demonstrate that the United States has a medical care system with which Americans are less satisfied than other citizens in developed countries. There are many reasons for this: correlation between health and soci Continue Reading...
The independent physician groups and hospitals provide services under the organization's guidelines, but they may also care for patients who are not members. (1997) While managed care does offer employers more control in choosing the specifics of t Continue Reading...
Abbott Labs Lobbying Recommendations Lobbying Recommendations for Abbott Labs Fiscal policies by the Federal and State governments have a direct effect on the ability of Abbott Labs to remain in a growth position. As a member of the drug and medica Continue Reading...
Obama Urges Tougher Laws on Financial Fraud In the wake of the Wall Street bank bailouts and the various security fraud cases that have occurred nationally the Obama administration has been under pressure to enact new legislation that effectively pr Continue Reading...
In an era supposedly far removed from the institutional bigotry of prior decades, this inexplicable gap represents an unacceptable failing on the part of both public servants and private industry. I agree with the article's conclusion that the ACA's Continue Reading...
AUSTRALIA'S PROPOSED NDIS Australia's Proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme Australia's Proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme The Australian Government is proposing the adoption of the Productivity Commission's Inquiry Report into Continue Reading...
The challenges are many for those in the industry for the first quarter-century of the new millenium but the hope is that information technological advances will smooth the transitions that must be made if healthcare is to be effective or successful Continue Reading...
Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) are often confused as being actual "homes" for patients to be admitted in and given medical treatment and care. PCMH is actually a health care model based on which health care is provided to patients, under the s Continue Reading...
Professional Roles and Values A good number of patients visiting emergency departments are in a position to make independent decision concerning their care. Nevertheless, a significant proportion of them are extremely incapacitated either mentally o Continue Reading...
Affordable Care Act A current law that impacts the delivery of human services is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010. The legislation (most commonly known as the Affordable Care Act Continue Reading...
Ethics State Regulations and Nursing Standards There's a clear nursing standard of practice that needs to be upheld in this case which is the act of following federal laws, largely the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA). Passed by Congress in 19 Continue Reading...
Utilization of the data and collection of the data should be one of the main aims of the policy makers. The data can be used by the policymakers in order to develop the policies and implement these in order to make sure that improvement can be ensur Continue Reading...
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Decreasing the health care-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a goal that most hospitals and doctors are trying to do. The purpose of this project was to create a gathering count starting Continue Reading...
HHS Initiative on Multiple Chronic Conditions Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) are significant challenges and obstacles to the health practitioners and citizens of the United States. The aim of the programs by the HHS includes prevention and manage Continue Reading...
